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Our Nook Adventure Part 3
The Good: First off, I want to say that the vast majority of what we've experienced with our eReaders has been good. Great even. We've...

Jennifer LaGarde
Dec 19, 20104 min read


Our Nook Adventure Part 2
Since my last post, I've learned a few things about our Nooks that seem worth sharing: The Nook must be powered on or in "sleep mode"...

Jennifer LaGarde
Nov 27, 20102 min read


EduBlog Awards 2010 Nominations
I'm so excited to be casting my virtual ballot for the Edublog Awards this year. There are so many wonderful bloggers out there -from...

Jennifer LaGarde
Nov 19, 20101 min read
Wikibrarian! My Prezi on Using Wikis for School Librarians (and you!)
Looking forward to teaching a brief session on wikis this afternoon to a mighty group of NC School Librarians. Some of the ways I use...

Jennifer LaGarde
Nov 18, 20102 min read


Our Nook Adventure Part I
If imitation really is the purest form of flattery, then Buffy Hamilton and Kathy Parker should feel extremely flattered right about...

Jennifer LaGarde
Nov 12, 20106 min read
Go Forth And Quantify
I saw a post on facebook recently by a veteran teacher bemoaning the focus on data in education. She posited that the emphasis should be...

Jennifer LaGarde
Nov 11, 20105 min read


A Long Look In The Mirror
Call it what you want. The elephant in the room, a tough pill to swallow or just the ugly truth, but either way, it's time for school...

Jennifer LaGarde
Nov 8, 20102 min read


The Power of Doing
I want to be the Luke Geissbühler of school librarianship. Luke Geissbühler is the guy who (with very little money) built a space craft...

Jennifer LaGarde
Oct 22, 20102 min read
Make Your Library Indispensable: Or Why Professional Development is Not A Luxury.
I wrote this article for the North Carolina School Library Media Association's Media Connections Newsletter AFTER being inspired by the...

Jennifer LaGarde
Oct 3, 20103 min read


Eat Your Heart Out, Gloria Gaynor.
At the first district wide meeting of school librarians this year, I floated the idea of creating a research team/plt -wherein interested...

Jennifer LaGarde
Sep 21, 20102 min read
A Big Sloppy Love Letter To My PLN!
When I was a classroom teacher, I often found myself feeling isolated from the rest of the world. Perhaps it was the era in which I...

Jennifer LaGarde
Sep 13, 20103 min read


May The Odds Be Ever In Your Favor
When I started this blog, I had every intention of using it to advocate for my profession;Â To rouse the rabble with my lofty ideals and...

Jennifer LaGarde
Sep 6, 20102 min read


Your Understanding of Libraries is Expired, Why I'm Not OK With It.
First of all, credit where credit is due. This blog has existed in my head for a long time. But it wasn't until reading this that I...

Jennifer LaGarde
Apr 4, 20102 min read
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